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RAILWAY GAR.

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Patented Nov. 14,1s9sf U Elo- -STATEs PATENT OEFICE RUDOLPH LOUIS PIEPENBRING, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRIOTTOF COLUMBIA.

RAILWAY-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent No. 508,835, dated November 14, 1893.

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are all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that LBUDOLPH LOUIS PIEP- ENBRING, a citizen of theUnited States, residsiding at Washington, in 'the District of Columbia, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Cars; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,

' ing the contents thereof and discharging said contents into any suitable'receptacle such as carts, wagons, or the like, and ,my invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustratedlin the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:Figure1 is a side elevation of a freight car provided with my imf provements. Fig. 2 is aplanview. Fig. 3 is" a view similar to Fig.2 the chute being loW--' ered and the sliding gate raised to permit of the discharge of the contents of the car. Fig; dis a front elevation of the parts when in the position indicated in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 1s a detail side elevationof the chute when in its extended position,'and Fig. 6 isa like view of the chute when in its .closed or non-extended position. v

In carrying out myinvention I provide the freight car A, which may be of any preferred or ordinary construction and designed to carry coal, grain, &c., with an opening B in one side thereof and also provide said car with the uprights 0 arranged within the same at each side of the opening B. To the inner face of each of said uprights I secure a guide VD WithinQwhich iS arranged agate E adapted to slide verticallywithinthe guides,

' said gate being made of any desired orsuitable height and whenappliedtoordina'ry coal-cars it is made of a height corresponding to that of the car-body. 7 F indicates an extensible chute which is serial No. 482.193. (No model.)

hinged at its inner end to the car-body to adapt it to swing upwardly Within the opening B as shown in .Figs. 1 and 2, and to be swung downwardly intothe inclined position shown in Figs. 3 and 5 when desired. The chute is I composed of two sections F, F adapted to slide oneupon the other, and for which purpose the section F is provided with the horizontally-extending lateral flanges F to which are secured parallel strips or plates F to form a guide-way between them to receive the lateral flanges F of the section F For the purpose of adaptingthe section F to be easily extended and'closed beneath section F, Ipro'vide the latter in'its bottomwith anti-friction rollers F and also provide the flanges F with similar rollers F Within the opening B is hinged a sill or flap G in such position as to swing down over the hinges of the chute and prevent the material from gaining access to the same which mightaffect the proper operation of the chute. I For the purpose of preventing the material while being discharged from passing out through the spaces intermediate the inner H which are pivoted or hinged at one edge to the uprights 0 so that when the material'is being discharged from the car, said gates will swing outwardly to permit the said discharge and at the same time guide it as it were onto the chute and thus avoid any waste,

, To the guides D is secured a protecting plate or partition'XI, provided with an opening I to perinit'th'e discharge therethrough of the material, said plate being designed to prevent the weight of'the material in the car meshes a larger crown pinion N- mounted upon a stud N havmg a bearing in a hanger edges of thechute and the'edges'of the openin'g B, I provide flaps'orsupplementary gates ICO ' which are adapted to be coiled chains or ropes gear-wheel A.

S which pass upwardly through suitable guide 7 eyes T and over guide pulleys U, and are secured to rollers V or other devices secured to the flanges F of the chute. When the ropes or chains S are partially unwound from the drums the chute will swing downwardly automatically by its own weight into the inclined position shownin Figs. 3 and 5 and when it is desired to raise the chute, the ropes or. chains will be wound upon the drums to efiect this object, and after the said chute has been so raised it may be secured in that position by means of the usual securing bar W having an opening VV' at one end through which is adapted to pass the staple 'Xon the car which has a suitable padlock for locking the bar securely in place. Although it is not absolutely necessary to, make the chute an extensible one, i. e., the section F might be dispensed with, yet I prefer the extensible construction so that the material may be discharged into a receptacle located some distance beyond the car. I provide the section F with a suitable handle F by means of which it may be readily drawn out into the extended position, and again pushed beneath the section F whenever desired.

Rotatably mounted upon the side of the car-body near the upper edge thereof is a gear-wheel A which meshes with a similar gear-wheel B also rotatably mounted upon the car-body the shaft of said gear-wheel B being extended and provided'with a flange O forming a drum around which is adapted to be wound a rope or chain D which passes upwardly through a guideeye E, and similar eyes F secured to a bowed standard G which spans the opening B, said rope passing also over a guide pulley H carried by an arm G of the standard G, and thence down to the gate E towhich it is secured.

The gearwheel A is provided with an opcrating handle or crank I by which it may be rotated and thus effect the rotation of the gear-wheelB' to cause the-rope or chain to wind upon the drum and thus raise the gate E, which may be held in such position by means of a pawl K engaging the teeth of By releasing the pawl from the teeth of said gear-wheel, the weight of the gate will cause it to descendiuto its normal closed position. I prefer to make the operating handles or cranks P and 1 detachable, so that the same may beremoved when the car is traveling on the road and not be liable to be broken or injured and at the same time prevent unauthorized tampering with the device.

The operation of the devices described may be briefly stated to be as follows:--While the car is being loadedand while in transit, the" gate E is kept closed or lowered and thechute F locked in its raised position by means of the bar and padlock mentioned. When it is desired to unload the car of its contents, the

operating cranks are insertedin the pinion N and gear-wheel A respectively, and by turning the crank I the gear-wheels A, B

.will be rotated causing the rope or chain D to wind upon the drum and raising the gate E. The crank P is then turned to rotate the pinions N, N and shaft-L causing the ropes or chains S to unwind from the drums or slackcn to permit the chute to swing downwardly by its own weight into the position shown in Figs. '3and' 5, the-material within the car thus passingfthrough the opening of the plate I swinging ,laterally'the ,fiaps or gates H, and out upon the chute whence it is discharged into the cart or wagon or other receptacle provided for it. Whenall the-material has been thus discharged from the'car,

the'chute is raised by'the means described, and then looked in its raised position by the padlock and securing bar, while the pawl is released from the teeth of the gear-wheel to allow the gate E to descendiuto its closed position.

' Many changes might be made in theconstruction and relative arrangement of the a parts of my device without departingfrom the spirit thereof and'without sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

What I claim,and desire 'to" secure by Let-- ters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a car-body provided with an opening in'a side t'hereof,' of ver tical guideways arranged uponthe-inner'side of the car body upon each side of the'opening a vertically arranged gate'fitted'and'adapted to slide vertically within said guideways, a chute hinged at its lower'end to the car-body and adapted to be swung downwardly into an inclined position and also to be swung upwardlyso as to close the opening in the car, the outer side of the chute when swung into the opening being substantially flush with the outer sides of the car, and a locking bar hinged to the latter and adapted to be extended across the chute and have its opposite end secured for the purpose specified.

2 The combination with a car body provided with an opening in a side thereof, of vertical guideways arranged upon the inner side of the car body upon each side of the opening, a vertically arranged gate fitted and adapted to slide vertically in said guideways, a plate arranged in rear of the sliding gate, secured to said guideways and provided with a discharge opening, and a chute hinged at its lower end to the car and adapted to be swung downwardly into an inclined position and also to be swung upwardly so as to close the opening, and means for locking the chute in its raised position.

3. The combination with a car body provided with an opening in a side thereof, of vertic'al guideways arranged upon theinner side of the carbodyuponeach side of the opening,

vided with an opening in one side thereof, of

a vertically arranged gatefitted and adapted to slide vertically within said guideways, a plate arranged in rear of the sliding gate, secured to said guideways, and provided with a discharge opening,'-a chute hinged at its lower end to the car and adapted to beswung downwardly into an inclined position and also to be swung upwardly so as to close the opening, supplementary gates or wings hinged at one edge to the guideways in 'front'of the slid-v ing gate and adapted to be swung outwardly.

and laterally into a diagonal position so as to form aguide for the material being discharged, and'meansfor looking the chute in its raised position.

4. Thecombinat-ionwith a car-body proa chute-hinged to the same and adapted to swing-upwardly into the'opening and downwardly .into a lowered or-inclined position as.

- described, means for raising said chute, a

vertically-sliding gate adapted to control the passage of the material through saidopening,

meansTforraising said gate, a'plate provided 'with-anopening and arranged to prevent the material coming incontact with said gate,

and supplementary gates or wings arranged between the-said gate and the chute and adapted -to be swung laterally, as and for the purpose specified.-

5. The combination with .a carbody providedwith an opening in one side thereof, of a chute consisting of two sections one of which is-hinged to said car-body, and provided with lateral flanges forming guide-- .ways', and the other section arranged beneathwound upon said drums, as described. I

Witnesses:

LoUIs H. EMMERT, CHAS. SOHNEBEL.

the first section and provided with lateral flanges adapted to slide within the-said guide- ,ways,'as and for the purpose specified.

6. The combination withacar-body provided with an opening in one side thereof, of a chute hinged to said" car-body and adapted to be swung upwardly into the opening of the same and downwardly into a lowered or inclined position, a vertically-sliding gate adapted to control the passage of the material through the opening, and means 'for raising the chute and gate-consisting of gearing carried, by the car-body, winding drums oper-' ated by said gearing, ropes or chains secured to the chute and gate and adapted to be ing drums operated by said gearing, ropes or chains adapted to be wound upon said drums and passing through said guide eyes and over 1 the said guide pulleysand secured to the fied.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

RUDOLPH LOUIS PIEPENBRING.

. chute and sliding gate, for the purpose speci- 

